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Emo HioH Scuoot. I9 ALL-SCHOOL PRODUCTION , 0 ease Un .fchefzty By DOROTHY HESCHMEYER The doors of the Education Building open- ed wide on Tuesday evening, December 8, to admit one of the largest crowds ever to attend an Enid High School production. An annual event, the All-School Play is cast from the combined talent of the Sophomore, Iunior and Senior classes and is under the competent direction of Miss Hazel Hatch, head of the speech and dramatic depart- l11t'l1tS. This year the play chosen was the timely three-act comedy-drama, Lease On Libertyu by Dana Thomas, also the author of the well-known production American Passport . The play kept pace with the thoughts of a country at war, and aptly revealed the vari- ous ways in which a person, though really a good American patriot, can become involved in all sorts of trouble, simply by being unin- formed. However, like all good plays, i'Lease on Liberty finally got its principal charac- ters straightened Ollt, brought the villain to justice. and had time for some good comedy, too. The curtains parted on the darkened stage that prepared the audience for the prologue and epilogue which revealed a scene some- time in the distant future. The characters were thinking back to the year before the war, 1941, and Matt Powell lll, played by Prank Howard, told the story of that year in a speech he was to give before a meeting of the Young Defenders of America, an organization founded by his father. The three acts of the play dramatized scenes from the speech. Act one disclosed the library of the Pen- field home, with Grammy, whose ardent, al- most belligerent, patriotism was excellently portrayed by Virginia Shield, berating a friend over the telephone for asking her to speak for a pacifist organization, much to the amusement of Magnolia, the colored maid, whose characterization by Mary Iane Ash accounted for much of the comedy in the play. When Grammyis son-in-law, Matt Powell, Sr., played by Wayne Bundy, had sincerely, but mistakenly begun advocating peace at any pricef' the Penfield household became practically unlivable. During one of the quieter intervals, Gram- my decided she wanted a companion, since none of her household was ever at home. Miss Iennings, an over-roughed, over-curled applicant for the job, portrayed by Dorothy Heschmeyer, added her bit of comedy, but didnit get the position, as she and Grammy just didnit seem to agree on anything. Fay Latimer, otherwise known as LaNelle Elam, had better luck, for after showing all concerned that she wasn't afraid of Grammy and wouldnlt sacrifice her principles, even for a badly needed job, she was surprised to Hnd that the position was hers. From then on, she outdid herself bringing Matt Powell, Ir., Ben Morton, to task for his lack of true prin- ciple, and after transforming him into a truly patriotic young man, becoming engaged to him toward the end of the play. Bob Gregory handled the hardest character part of the play in grand style as he por- trayed Mischa, a young Russian immigrant who had found Utopia in the U.S. A. and who displayed a true appreciation for Amer- ica by risking his life for it. Bob did this difficult task under the pressure of having to prepare his part on very short notice after Bob Moore, who was to play the character, enlisted in the Navy. Bob Seese and Doris Vosburgh kept the audience in a hilarious mood as they por- trayed a typical brother and sister, Ted and Iinx Powell, who quarreled and conspired throughout the play to make their father see his mistake and who certainly had their share of trouble because of their father's beliefs, along with their mother, Vera, Nor- ma Rose Hatch, who had never interferred with her husband's affairs, but who finally decided it was time for her to do something about them. Bill Crews was a natural as Pickering, a loosely-hung newspaper man, with almost studied indolence and a lazy drawl, who found something to criticize in everything any of the Pcnficlds did, but finally had to admit that Matt III had some real American patriotism, when he showed that he was will- ing to become alienated from his father, rather than be forced into acting according to his father's principles. Matt, Ir., finally showed his father the trickery of Communist Paul Butler, Vern Iones, and the arrogant Rosalie, lane West, whom he had loved from the outset of the story. Others taking minor parts were: Oleta Clinesmith, Betty Lou Diggers, girl friend of Ted Powell, Bobby Iean Webb, Miss Stone, and Betty Lou Kumli, Miss Fish, re- porters, Wray Jolley, a photographer, Edwin Rooker, radio announcer, Fred Salmans, radio technician, and Mary Katherine Thomas, Miss Hervey, a nurse. No play is ever successful without the help of those who work with little glory. The following helped put over Lease On Liber- ty : Mr. Bonham, orchestra, Miss Ellen Correll, stage manager, Anne Cotten, Nancy McClintock and Bob Pierce, stage assistants, Miss Ruth Moyer, make-up, Ioan Young, Gerry Thompson and Betty Lou Purdy, make-up assistants, Miss Katherine Bales and art students, photographs, and Mr. V. O. Marshall, business manager. Ushers were: Sue Ireland, Geraldine Prou- ty, Velma Lou Reames, Lita Rae Vance, Carol Iean Belcher and Phyllis Cummings.
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What a summer to look forward tol Why can't I stay in Enid High? Well, if I canit stay in the old school, at least I can take a last look before the war catches up with me. It seems as if you never appreciate a thing until you have to leave. When I think of the drafty barracks and the company street, and then look at the old high school, I long to be a Sophomore again. In my last glimpse of old Enid High I climbed slowly up the imposing marble stair- way to the main hall and stood there to take a long last look. From the noiseless floor of hundreds of thousands of small oak bricks to the cool pastel walls of green and cream I let my eyes wander slowly around the familiar surroundings. I glanced up over the trophy cases at the striking murals painted on the walls. They were painted by a former Plansman, Derald Swineford, and picture scenes from the old West, the true Plainsman country. I don't know whether they have murals in Africa, but I don't think they could equal those of an Enid High Plainsman. However, I imag- ine I'll soon find out. just one look at our trophy cases would convince any and all of the greatness of Enid High. Trophies dating back to the Hrst years of this century when Enid High was a going concern. Hundreds of honors dating up to the current year, a half a cen- tury later. But there's more than just trophies in the cases this year. The fighting planes of a dozen warring nations were modeled by Ed Hermanski and placed behind the glass. And another reminder of the war is the ramp in the other case that the war stamps and bonds of the students are hauling a jeep up. We have purchased two jeeps for our fighting forces and are working furiously for even more. Then I sauntered down the hall again to the entrance of the great auditorium where the huge honor chart of the fighting alumni of Enid High rears itself against the wall. Approximately two thousands of Plainsmen, many from this year's graduating class, are fighting the enemies of democracy. Their names are honored in Enid High as none have been honored before. Mine and scores of others from the Class of '43 will be up there next year. Since I'm this close I might as well go in and say goodbye to the fountainhead of Enid High, the office. It's formed in a suite of three rooms, the main office, the reception room, and Mr Selby's private office. The main oflice, as ofhces go, is truly artistic. The Hrst thing that struck my eyes as I entered was the huge red blanket that hangs on the opposite wall. There the great athletes of each year are posted. We have a couple this year that are greater than many of their predecessors. That huge desk-like affair that runs counter to the side walls of this office is certainly eflicient looking. It transforms the room into a real oflice rather than just another room with desks. Then there's the reception room, more like a living room than a school. A thick rug, a chandelier, modern furnishings, a divan, paintings, it's the per- fect receiving room for distinguished visitors. On the other side of the main oliice is that dreaded sanctum, Mr. Selby's office. Many's the time I have been in that room and not even noticed how tastefully it was decorated. Coming in, I hesitated on the carpet Cliter- ally, this timej and looked around. First, Mr. Selby's fine mahogany desk hit my eyes, then the filing cases and the stand of mys- terious electric equipment that makes up the headquarters of the public address system, in fact, unless you are too nervous to notice, the room is a good example of artistry and clockwork efiiciency. But let's get out of the offices, it's depress- ing. Guess I'll trot up and look over Miss Kretschls room, C-8. Itis easily the most beautiful room in the building. Dark, panel- ed walls, a heavily beamed ceiling, mediaeval Hreplace, diamond leaded windows lead one to believe that he is in the world of yester- day. Truly, the tasteful appointment of this castle-like room and the sparkling person- ality of Miss Kretsch make a twosome that can't be beaten. While I'm up here, I'll pop in and take a last goodbye of G-7 and its popular Latin teacher. Miss Ward's room, though not as bizarre as Miss Kretsch's, is different in its way. The beveled corners of the ceiling, the scroll of a Roman country villa behind the VV'ardian desk, the modern desk-chairs, any number of things strike a tangent from the usual school room. The winning personality and quiet humor of the Latin instructor, Miss Ward, lends even more to the attac- tiveness of the room. As long as I am on G-floor I guess I'll dash around to the two science laboratories and the museum of animal life, the chemistry and physics labs, and the biology room. Both the two laboratories have classrooms adjoin- ing the theory rooms where charts and desks are available for lecturing. The chemistry lab has two sections, one for the students to carry on their experiments with twenty-seven work- ing tables, eight sinks, and a huge demon- stration table complete with a large copper draft to draw off undesirable odors. The other room is the storeroom where hundreds of chemicals are kept. The physics lab is a very large room with many spacious tables with electrical appointments and large cabi- nets for the preservation of demonstration apparatus. This stuff is way above my head, I'm going to the biology room. Mr. Boyer's room is unique in E. H. S. It's crowded with scores of stuffed birds, animals, reptiles. Glass cabi- fffontinued on page 651
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